![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As you go through the book, you figure out gradually that Laura, the lover, is a girl. They live in Berkeley, California, the capitol of radical acceptance. What’s different about this story is, the players are two girls. Laura drops Freddie, picks the relationship back up, drops her over and over. High school student, Freddie Riley, is in love with the most popular girl in school, Laura Dean. It’s stunning-the emotions invoked by those illustrations. The illustrations are made exclusively in black and white. “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me” (First Second 2019) by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is such a pretty graphic novel. Freddie, the narrator says, “being dumped feels like food poisoning.” The experience is prolonged. High school senior, Laura Dean, is dumping Freddie for the third time. ![]()
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